1998_FIBA_EuroLeague_Final_Four References

1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four
Tournament details
Arena	Palau Sant Jordi ; Barcelona, Spain
Dates	April 1998
Final positions
Champions	Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up	AEK
Third place	Benetton Treviso
Fourth place	Partizan Zepter
Awards and statistics
MVP	Zoran Savić
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four was the 1997–98 season's FIBA EuroLeague Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

Kinder Bologna won its first title, after defeating AEK in the EuroLeague Finals, in the lowest scoring final ever.

Bracket

April 21
18:15

Partizan Zepter	61–83	Kinder Bologna
Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–38
Pts: Brkić 17 Rebs: Lukovski 10 Asts: Brkić 2		Pts: Savić 23 Rebs: Abbio 5 Asts: Danilović 6

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

April 21
20:30

Benetton Treviso	66–69	AEK
Scoring by half: 36–37, 30–32
Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Rebrača, Rusconi 5 Asts: Bonora 5		Pts: Anderson 21 Rebs: Andersen 7 Asts: three players 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

April 23
18:15

Partizan Zepter	89–96	Benetton Treviso
Scoring by half: 46–54, 43–42
Pts: Drobnjak 22 Rebs: Tomašević 12 Asts: Lukovski 3		Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Sciarra 7 Asts: four players 2

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 11,900
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Armand De Keyser (BEL)

April 23
20:30

Kinder Bologna	58–44	AEK
Scoring by half: 28–20, 30–24
Pts: Rigaudeau 14 Rebs: Nesterović 9 Asts: Abbio, Sconochini 2		Pts: Lasa 7 Rebs: Tsakalidis 6 Asts: Lasa, Prelević 3

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Attendance: 11,900
Referees: Miguel Ángel Betancor (ESP), Iztok Rems (SLO)

Kinder Bologna

AEK

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	14	Antoine Rigaudeau	14	2	0
SG	5	Saša Danilović	13	5	1
SF	10	Hugo Sconochini	10	8	2
PF	12	Zoran Savić	7	6	0
C	8	Rašo Nesterović	6	9	0
Reserves:			P	R	A
SG	6	Claudio Crippa	DNP
SG	7	Alessandro Abbio	6	1	2
C	11	Augusto Binelli	2	1	0
PF	12	Riccardo Morandotti	DNP
PF	15	Alessandro Frosini	0	0	0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague Champions
Kinder Bologna First Title

Starters:			P	R	A

PG	4	Claudio Coldebella	3	1	0
SG	7	Bane Prelević	6	0	3
SF	8	Willie Anderson	4	4	1
PF	15	Victor Alexander	5	5	0
C	12	Jake Tsakalidis	4	6	1
Reserves:			P	R	A
PG	5	José Lasa	7	1	3
SG	9	Nikos Chatzis	4	2	1
C	10	Mikkel Larsen	2	0	0
PF	11	Michalis Kakiouzis	5	2	0
C	14	Michael Andersen	4	4	0
Head coach:
Giannis Ioannidis

Player	Team	Ref.
FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team
Antoine Rigaudeau	Kinder Bologna	^[1]
Saša Danilović	Kinder Bologna
Henry Williams	Benetton Treviso
Dejan Tomašević	Partizan Zepter
Zoran Savić ( MVP)	Kinder Bologna

Tournament details
Arena	Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, Spain
Dates	April 1998
Final positions
Champions	Kinder Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up	AEK
Third place	Benetton Treviso
Fourth place	Partizan Zepter
Awards and statistics
MVP	Zoran Savić
← 1997 1999 →